Feeling Edgy

Because I finished my cardi on Friday night, I of course needed a new project. You may remember that I posted a photo of another pile of Tempted Lovely Grrl yarn last week. This:

The colorway is called “Three-of-a-Kind Jacks” and it is a variegated blend of blues and purples. Because it is a variegated colorway, I wanted to use it for a relatively plain project. So I sketched out a plain stockinette pullover with a bit of waist shaping, round neck, and three-quarter length sleeves.

I did want something to add a bit of interest, so I opted for a fun edging at the bottom hem:

This edging is worked by first knitting 6 rows of seed stitch. On the 7th row, you work 6 stitches, then rotate the left-hand needle (with all the unworked stitches on it) 360 degrees counter-clockwise, work 6 more, then rotate the left-hand needle again, et cetera, until you have worked your way across all the stitches. It makes a very fun little edging, doesn’t it?

I am knitting this sweater with a U.S. size 6 (4mm) needle, but because I figured the edging would pull things in a bit, I worked the 6 rows of seed stitch with a U.S. size 7 (4.5mm) needle, and then on the twist row worked from the size 7 to size 6 needle. That seems to have worked very nicely and I have the bottom edge I wanted.

I am nearing completion of the back of the sweater.

I found the edging in Nicky Epstein’s Knitting on the Edge, which was just released in paperback last month. This is a great reference book, with 350 patterns for edgings — some ribs, some lace, some texture, some fringed, some picot. And more!

The photos in this book are great, and there are many patterns that will inspire your creativity. Using one of these edgings is a great way to jazz up a plain piece of knitting.

I already owned the hardcover edition of this book, so I don’t really need two copies. Who’d like my new paperback copy?

To be entered in a random drawing to receive this book, leave a comment to this post by 4:00pm eastern time on Thursday, September 30, at which time a winner will be chosen from among the comments.

Two drawings to win books in one week. It’s crazyland here, I tell you.

Lucy looks dainty as ever. I still don’t totally understand how you did that edging, so I’ll have to pull out some needles later and give it a try!
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I love the color of your yarn & can’t wait to see the finished product. Funny enough I have the same exact fan controller as you do lol. Thanks for having another giveaway.
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Love the blue and purple colorway. That is always the colors I move to in a yarn shop. Also, what a nice give away…..I would love to learn more about edges.
Thank you Wendy. Give a big Hug to Miss Lucy….;0)

That is beautiful yarn which I am sure is bound to become a beautiful sweater. I think that edge will add just the right touch to keep it interesting. I would love to have that book. Must put it on my “to buy” list. Thank you for your generosity.

Oh, would I love this book! I’ve vowed not to buy any more books of any kind until I’ve thinned out the ones I’ve read and know I’ll never re-read. But winning isn’t buying, is it? And it would be so grand to look forward to IF I ever finish the shawl KAL.

I’ve looked at this book in the bookstore many a time and always skip over it in favor of a full patterns book. But you’re right – I bet it would inspire me creatively enough to design my own sweater. Maybe

OOH, I’ve lusted over that book for ages but it was just too expensive! How wonderful of you to share the wealth! Love the sweater, I’ve done that edging on baby hats before, it’s amazing the way it works out, isn’t it?

Wendy, I read someone’s opinion somewhere on Ravelry that the edgings in this book were mainly stockinette and had a tendency to curl. Also that a lot of them biased. What is your knowledgable take on this?
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That is a great edge! I want to try it. think I have just the yarn for it too, that I’ve been waiting to knit for the same reason–I want to work it up in plain knitting and want an unusual edge.I learn a lot here. Thanks for the give aways, I’d love a copy of this book.

I love the edging book. I am about to start a sweater and woulld love to have a different edging. Elaine
P.S. I also like you blue and pruple yarn. I made a shawl this summer about those colors. I like it and it goes wwith a lot of things.

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